{"id":4984,"date":"2009-06-12T12:38:41","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T16:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=4984"},"modified":"2009-06-12T12:40:01","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T16:40:01","slug":"world-links-iran-votes-sunni-leader-assassinated-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/world-links-iran-votes-sunni-leader-assassinated-in-iraq\/4984\/","title":{"rendered":"World Links: Iran Votes, Sunni Leader Assassinated in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20090612-iranians-flock-polls-high-stakes-election-ahmadinejad-mousavi\" target=\"_blank\">unprecedented 70%<\/a> of Iran&#8217;s voting public <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iran-daily.com\/1388\/3421\/html\/\" target=\"_blank\">flock to the polls<\/a> today to elect a new President. Current president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad faces a strong challenge from former Prime Minister Mirhossein Mousavi.<\/p>\n<p>Harith al-Obaidi, head of the largest Sunni bloc in Iraq&#8217;s Parliament, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/13\/world\/middleeast\/13iraq.html?_r=1&amp;ref=world\" target=\"_blank\">is killed by a gunman<\/a> at a mosque in Baghdad. The Sunni lawmaker had recently spoken out about human rights abuses by the government. Five other died in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>A suicide bomber in Lahore, Pakistan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/pakistan\/metropolitan\/07-suicide-blast-near-jamia-naeemia-mosque-in-lahore-ha-02\" target=\"_blank\">kills reknowned Muslim scholar Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi<\/a> in Lahore Pakistan. The cleric had spoken out against suicide bombings and the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of indigenous protesters march in Peru and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peruviantimes.com\/minister-of-women%E2%80%99s%E2%80%99-affairs-resigns-following-violent-clashes-in-peru%E2%80%99s-amazon\/\" target=\"_blank\">vowed to continue fighting<\/a> after clashes with police killed over sixty, including 22 police officers. The <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/americas\/8096719.stm\" target=\"_blank\">protesters are marching<\/a> to repeal laws passed by the Peruvian government that open indigenous lands to mining.<\/p>\n<p>The trial of Aung San Suu Kyi <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/news\/asia\/145954\/new-delays-in-burma-trial-of-aung-san-suu-kyi\" target=\"_blank\">is delayed for two weeks<\/a> to allow the defense to call a key witness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unprecedented 70% of Iran&#8217;s voting public flock to the polls today to elect a new President. Current president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad faces a strong challenge from former Prime Minister Mirhossein Mousavi. Harith al-Obaidi, head of the largest Sunni bloc in Iraq&#8217;s Parliament, is killed by a gunman at a mosque in Baghdad. The Sunni lawmaker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5345,4940,5347,5301,5348,5342,2330,595,5346,5349,2686],"class_list":["post-4984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-amazon-protests","tag-aung-san-suu-kyi","tag-harith-al-obaidi","tag-iranian-elections","tag-iraq-violence","tag-mahmoud-ahmedinejad","tag-pakistan","tag-peru","tag-prime-minister-mirhossein-mousavi","tag-sarfraz-ahmed-naeemi","tag-sunni"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Links: Iran Votes, Sunni Leader Assassinated in Iraq | Wide Angle | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/world-links-iran-votes-sunni-leader-assassinated-in-iraq\/4984\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Links: Iran Votes, Sunni Leader Assassinated in Iraq | Wide Angle | PBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An unprecedented 70% of Iran&#8217;s voting public flock to the polls today to elect a new President. 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